Universal Electronic Personal Health Records Software System

Abstract

An online system and method for transmitting patient medical records among various server computers and client computers coupled together via a network or cloud system. The online system includes a telemedicine/EHR module configured as a software application accessible to a user terminal that is in communication with a personal health records module for receiving and managing patient records, and a physician's module for receiving selected patient records from the telemedicine/EHR module and the personal health records module. The present invention provides total interoperability of patient medical records information between all present EHR/EMH electronic medical records based systems.

Description

CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]U.S. Provisional Application for Patent No. 61 / 897,417, filed Oct. 30, 2013, with title “Universal Electronic Personal Health Records Software System” which is hereby incorporated by reference. Applicant claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Par. 119(e)(i).STATEMENT AS TO RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE UNDER FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]1. Field of the Invention[0004]The present disclosure relates to a system and method for capturing, storing, retrieving, and transmitting patient medical records, including longitudinal history and imaging throughout the healthcare system environment, and more particularly, to a system and method for communicating patient medical records that provides optimal medical information service to a subscribed recipient by managing an integrated medical information processing system. The present invention provides total interoperability of patient med...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0011]In one or more embodiments of the present invention, an apparatus and method are provided that allows patients, with the assistance of doctors and their administrative staff, to manage the process of physician referrals, whereby a patient is referred from one physician (primary care provider) to another physician (the referred-to or receiving physician or specialist) for a particular medical procedure, or analysis or care.

Problems solved by technology

While many patients have established a long-standing relationship with their primary care provider, they are generally unfamiliar with more specialized doctors until medical circumstances necessitate a referral to one.

There is lithe transparency in this process, and under unfavorable circumstances a patient may find himself / herself referred to a doctor who has not been given access to the necessary medical information relating to that patient due to slow delivery, mistaken delivery, and / or failure to deliver.

These hurdles may cause delays in medical care, and in some cases even dissuade patients from complying with their primary care provider's recommendation to seek additional medical care from a specialist.

Additionally, existing EHR / EMR systems do not always communicate with each other whereby patient information can be exchanged.

There is no protocol for sharing of patient information between the primary and secondary care offices.

The inefficacies in managing this process are a drain on both the primary and secondary physician(s) offices.

The issues described above have been long-standing problems for both physicians and patients, and substantially interfere with the ability to provide appropriate and cost effective medical care.

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